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Tyler Wilde

While other gaming companies talk layoffs, Capcom is raising salaries

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At a time when mass layoffs are rampant in the games industry, one company is talking about raises. Capcom announced to investors this week that it's increasing its base starting salary for new hires in Japan, and giving current employees a raise of "over 5% on average" this year. 

It's a moderate cost-of-living bump that might not have been notable if so many gaming companies weren't aggressively cutting costs right now.

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